I didn't do anything differently today than yesterday that I can think of yet I feel much better than yesterday. Don't get me wrong, I am happy as could be.... I am mystified.... Can anyone explain why fibro can seem so random? It's so strange!
HI BB,
That is a million dollar question! I think the barometric pressure has so much to do with how we feel, when the pressure is low it swells up the body and causes it to thump, according to my Chiropractor, and I believe him!
How well we slept, if we over did it the day before, cold, wind, rain, snow, ice, there are just so many factors that it could be and you know, sometimes it just doesn't even make sense!
I take my Enbrel shot every Friday at 5. I feel as though I had used it all up by this morning, so I anxiously await my shot time, it always makes a difference for the better in how I feel!
Hope you feel better very soon!
BTW, just looked at your profile, glad to see you are taking vitamins, there is a vitamin my Chriropractor recommends for his patients with CFS, you may want to ask your Dr about these. Also make sure you are getting enough Cal/mag for the D3 to be absorbed properly, you may want to ask about that too.
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Hello BB
There are so many things that affect our fibro........changes in the weather a few days hence, our activity levels. It looks like SK has listed the ones I was going to so I support what she has said. Plus travelling in the care for too many hours without breaks tken often, a building being too warm and cold weather when one must be out in it even if it's just in and out doing errands. My hands and fingers get very painful and stiff if I am out in cold weather. Now that I have been diagnosed with osteoarthritis on top of my fibro and I have recently been diagnosed with some osteoporosis so that is causing me a lot of pain just as the fibro does.
It's a complex syndrome.
Rachel
It's stressful just trying to manage the things you can't do that will exacerbate the fibro which in turn makes the fibro worse! But, I know we must go on and try and keep positive. Thanks, everyone. I do take vitamins and try not to overdo it or spend too much time out in the cold. ;) SK, thanks so much for your suggestions on the vitamins! I will definitely talk with my rheum. I have an appointment coming up very soon... That said, I am thinking of looking for another doctor, though, as I find him not as proactive or supportive as I would like. Is it only rheumatologists that specialize in the care of fibro patients or can I try and talk with the neurologist who I first saw before my diagnosis? She was superb. Will a neurologist coordinate with primary to help fibro patients or just rheumatologists?
Hi BaltimoreB, this is a great question, and one of the reasons so many don’t get it ( including us ) because one day we can do something and the next day forget it !!! & vise versa
I never commit to anything, those that love & understand, accept this, & when I say I can it may surprise them, confuse us all, but I put it this way… Somedays I can push myself , if I had a dr’s appointment or something else like grocery shopping, that’s usually it for the day, if I can push myself to join someone for dinner after my already done task for the day it’s a great day, but then there are days I can’t do a thing . That’s just the way it goes… Accepting this has been difficult, but I live for the days I can push myself to do more than the one scheduled thing.
Hugs & blessings
dee
Hi, I also wish I knew what triggers make the the fibro better or worse. I know that weather, stress, lack of sleep makes a difference, but don’t know why I’m stronger one day and weaker the next.
I’ve been working out with a personal trainer usually twice a week. One day I can Deadlift two
35 lb weights 10 x and three days later I can only do it 2 x this happens a lot. I asked him if he
knew why, he said this is not normal and he thinks it’s the fibro. He is quick to adapt my program to
I’m feeling that day, doesn’t let me over do it although I want to push harder, I feel like I’m sitting still.
I know he has done some research to find out how to work with me, so It normally doesn’t cause a flare up.
I tend to just go with the flow hoping that someone will figure out what fibro is all about, and how to deal with it. Really hope I see it in my life time. Be well, and enjoy the good days.
That is one thing I’am so faithful with is my vitamins an I gett A b12 shot every month not that I feel any better but I feel that I’am doing my part in taking all the vitamins .THE DOCTOR said I need to take an D 3 an cal are big important ones I take 7 Aday yuk but I do it lol
I think they even help the well, but for the disbelievers, all you have to do is stop them and you will soon feel the Charlie horses, the increased muscle aches, lower energy, and soon 'the drag', the list goes on. Just my opinion.
The Rheum told me sometimes you don't know if a med is working until you stop taking it, and there is a long list of those begging to go back on it right away!
Cal and D3 work best with magnesium and magnesium is a must, it nourishes our muscles.